Shirt construction



Jan. 10, 1950 M. D. TAYLOR SHIRT CONSTRUCTION 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Feb. 1, 1947 FILE p I.

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SHIRT CONSTRUCTION 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Feb. 1, 1947 7/ 69 FIE EZZI Patented Jan. 10, 1950 UNITED STATES- PATENT 2,494,496

QQ TEUQEIQ Max D. Taylor, Jackson, Mich.- AliP icati n r heat-i 1, aitgsei ii 25 35. 6 Claims. (01'. 2 1 1 5) his i n n r la es t h r s a d more P ticiilerly t p o ements in sh r s o t sl p- Q e i i h ar i Pr sent o the. market- I believe that my shirt construction can be adapted to replace present shirt constructions of all of the various types. Shirts have been in the past provided with various kinds of openings to r i e r b ng ut on n t ke o .9 as the shirt which is open completely down the,

front, the shirt which is open at the collar and v p.

for a short distance down the front and is provided with various types of devices to hold it in a closed condition, the shirt which is open down the back, the shirt which has a button closure alon Qn shoulder seam, around the front of the sleeve seam and down the side, and the shirt which is constructed with an overlapping or foldover front which providestwo pieces of cloth which cover the chest ofthe wearer. All ofthese shirt constructions are fairly expensive to make, since they are time-consuming in the manufacturing process, and none of them is totally satisfactory to the wearer, either from the standpoint of convenience in getting; into them or of appearance when worn. There is,

in fact, a noticeable trend to eliminate the fancy work on the front of mens shirts, as may be seen by comparing the front facing as presently used on shirts with the more complicated front fly arrangement of fifteen years ago. It is with this thought in mind that I have constructedmy new type shirt which is of the slip-overtype and embodies a perfectly plain front panel along 1 with a simple neat-appearing closure which is ings in novel positions in the shoulder yokes which, by the. nature of the openings, eliminates the necessity of rows of buttons or other closing devices in. the yokes, which older types of con;- struction, in spite of the most careful work intheir manufacture, are usually prone to. haveexcess. material which gathers and bunches, thereby. producing a closurev which. is; anything but neat.

A further object, of this invention is to pro-. vide a, shirt construction easily adapted to any type of shirt, I believe. that my, shirt construetionwill; find immediate. favor inv thefielda of:

usual bu e shi t, WQlFK and hunt n hir- It s als dema e for us in the const uc on of d ess shir s of the stifi ront.- i pe which im 9i shirt lwa s. een problem due to. the fact that. the front must, he; impe cab y he t wh le fe lin qq fortable to he wea er .Qiiher obi ts. and a vanta es of my shirt; co s uct o w l ha-ear from. consideration 9 e i ll w n spec fica ion cansidered. o nect wit the ppend d cl ms and. ac:v ceme t n rawin s. n whi h F st s a view in; hersn ot ve of; a. shirt. con: st i ted a eo dine to. m invention,

. Fig. II is a view in elevation of the back of Such. a shirt.

Fig. III is a vievrof H. 93, front of the shirt: with the .hQ il i r: fl ps the c osed position,

s a r ew'of the. rontpanel of the shirt,

ish, V is a View iii-1 h? back panel: of the shirt,

.Fi V i View of n,v alternative back panel ons uct d with a back oke, and plea s.

F g;- i I i a View of the collar whi h i us d on; shirt prior to, its being sewed. onto. the. beds. ra ch and Fig-. VIII is e. view of; the facing which is. sewed to the top of the front panel, and which holds h rQnt pan up. a ainst the. collar lgn the drawings, the shirt Ill is provided with kind of sleeves l2 and L4, which are joined to. the shirtbody at, seams t6 and I8, and with the usual rolled down. attached collar 20, provided with a, tapered collar band 22 for attachment to, the shirt Ill. The back panel 24 is cut as: shown in Fig. V, with edges.- 26- and 28 to form the side seams, curved. edges 311. and 32 tov join with sleeves l2- and: H in shoulder seams, l6 and I8, edges, 34 and 36 which are faced and not sewedgto anotherpart, and curved edge 38 which is sewed to. collar band 2 2. at seam 40. From a consideration of I', it can bev seen that curved: edge 38 does not extend completely around collar band 2-2, but that it does join roughly one half of" collar band 22, the centerof the, back of collar band 22 being joined to the: center of the curve of edge 38. This leaves the front portion of collar band 22- free of attachment. It is also. apparent from Figs. I and III that; edges 34. and 367 of back panel 24 extendover the top of the shoulder and for a short distance down the front of the shirt.

Front panel 42: is cut with side edges 44 and 46; which join Withiedges 26: and 28 respectivelyof back panel 24 to form the side seams, curved sport, shirts, but. itis. readily ad p b o h w dees liis and 511: whicnjoin. with. sleeves-t2 and 14 and curved edges 30 and 32 of back panel 24 in shoulder seams l6 and I8, thereby attaching the sleeves to the body of the shirt, edges 52 and 54 which are sewed to back panel 24 at seams 56 and 58, edges 60 and 62 which are faced and pass at an angle over the shoulders, and curved edge 64 which is completed by facing 66 and fits around the front of collar band 22 and under collar 20, to hold front. panel 42 in place. It is apparent from Figs. I, II and III that the shoulder portions of front panel 42, as defined by edges 48, 52 and 60, and edges 50, 54 and 62, overlap the ends of back panel 24 and provide a smooth, one-piece front which has a tendency,

by reason of the way it is cut, to hang smoothly and to feel comfortable, as well as providing a large opening through which the wearers head may pass when putting on or taking off the shirt. In order to provide means for holding the shirt in a closed condition, I suggest using a plurality of snap fasteners suitably positioned around collar band 22. I have found that four snap fasteners, positioned in the manner to be described, will hold the shirt closed, although I recognize that a greater or lesser number may be used. As may be seen in Figs. I, VII and VIII, I position two snap fasteners 68 and 10 adjacent the ends of collar band 22 to engage their counterpart snap fasteners 69 and. H on front facing 56. This engagement will hold front panel 42 in engagement with collar band 22. I also place snap fasteners I2 and 74 on collar band 22 behind the junctures of edges 34 and 36 with collar band 22, to engage their counterpart snap fasteners l3 and which are placed adjacent the outer ends of front facing 66. This engagement will hold edge 64 of front panel 42 smoothly against collar band 22, and will also hold edges 60 and 62 in close contact with back panel 24 as edges 60 and 62 extend over the shoulder.

Most sport shirts today are constructed with pleated backs, which construction is entirely possible with my shirt. I have shown, in Fig. VI, an alternative back panel 24, the lower portion of which is constructed with the general outline of back panel 24, with edges 26 and 28' cut to join with edges 44 and 46 of front panel 42 to form the side seams. Alternate back panel 24' is different from back panel 24 in that it is constructed with a shoulder yoke 16 which joins back panel 24 at seam 18. This separable yoke construction allows the insertion of additional fullness in back panel 24', thereby giving the extra material and seam structure necessary forpleats 86. In other regards, back panel 24 with shoulder yoke 16 joined thereto, is similar to back panel 24, in that it has curved edges 30 and 32 to join with sleeves l2 and I4, in shoulder seams l6 and i8, edges 34' and 36' which are faced and not sewed to another part, and curved edge 38' which is sewed to collar band 22 at seam 4B.

In order to put on a shirt constructed according to my invention, the snap fasteners 68, 70, I2 and 74 are unsnapped, the wearer inserts his arms and head through the open bottom of the shirt, as if getting into a pull-over sweater, and pulls the shirt down over his body, threading his arms into the sleeves. The process is completed by closing the snap fasteners. This provides a shirt with the objects and advantages set forth above.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

1. A garment comprising back and front pan- 1 said back panel and the total perimeter of said collar, the extensions of said back and front panels overlapping in lines converging in a point beyond their respective junctures with said collar.

2. A garment comprising a back panel presenting at its upper end a curved neck recess and a pair of shoulder extensions, a front panel presenting at its upper end a curved neck recess and a pair of shoulder extensions, a collar band permanently attached for part of its perimeter to the curved neck recess of said back panel, a collar permanently attached to said collarband, means for detachably connecting the curved neck recess of said front panel to part of the perimeter of said collar band, shoulder seams attaching said back and front panels so that the shoulder extensions of said front panels overlap the shoulder extensions of said back panels.

3. A garment comprising a back panel presenting at its upper end a curved recess and extending shoulder portions, a front panel presenting at its upper end a curved recess and extending shoulder portions, a collar band, having an attached roll collar, permanently connected by a portion of its perimeter and throughout the curved recess to said back portion, means located at spaced intervals on said collar band and said front panel for detachably attaching the curved recess of said front panel to a portion of the perimeter of said collarband, and shoulder seams fastening the extending shoulder portions on said front panel in overlapping relationship with the extending shoulder portions on said back panels.

4. In a garment, a back panel, a pair of extending shoulder portions at the upper end of said back panel, a curved recess positioned between said shoulder portions, a collar permanently connected through a portion of its perimeter to said curved neck portion, a front panel,

a second pair of extending shoulder portions at.

the upper end of said front panel, a second curved recess defined between said second extending shoulder portions, means located at spaced intervals for detachably attaching said second curved recess to a portion of the perimeter of said collar, and seams positioning said extending shoulder portions ofsaid front panel in overlapping relationship to said extending shoulder portions of said back panel.

5. A garment comprising a back panel presenting at its upper end a curved recess and extending shoulder portions, a front panel presenting at its upper end a curved recess and extending shoulder portions, a collar band permanently attached by a portion of its length to the curved recess in said back panel, means located atspaced intervals on said collar band and said front panel for detachably attaching the curved recess of said front panel to a portion of the panel such that the extending shoulder portions.

of one of said panels overlap the extending shoulder portions of the other of said panels.

6. A garment comprising a back panel, a yoke portion attached to said back panel presenting a pair of extending shoulder portions and defining a curved neck recess therebetween, a collar band attached through part of its length to the curved neck recess of said yoke portion, a front panel presenting a pair of extending shoulder portions and defining a curved neck recess therebetween, and attachment means positioned on said collar band and said front panel whereby the curved neck recess of said front panel may 10 Number be retained in close proximity to part of the length of said collar band.

MAX D. TAYLOR.

Name Date 286,781 Cleveland Oct. 16, 1883 

